029: The Plague of Justinian

History of Modern Greece

Before Justinian could fully reunite the Roman Empire, a Black Plague spread throughout the Empire and killed Millions of people. It crippled the Roman Empire and stagnated the economy. The Black Death was horrific and killed people without mercy. Millions of people were killed all across the known world. With the cripple economy, almost all hope of reuniting the Roman Empire ended.

The History of Modern Greece covers the events of the Greek People from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Greek War of Independence in 1821-1832, all the way through to the Greco-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922.

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